Description

If there is one place to play online chess, this is it! On Playchess.com, the world’s biggest chess server, you will find 20,000 chess lovers every day, from all over the world. You will quickly find an opponent of your own playing strength, usually within seconds. You can kibitz grandmaster games and follow world class tournaments.

Your device was delivered with the OS Android 2.1. This version of the OS contains some small bugs which among others also affect the ChessBase Online App.

Solution:- Upgrade the OS to version 2.2 or 2.3

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That is ripoff 1.You cannot play with your friends. 2. You cannot pause a watched game. Well these are the main thing to pay for a chess software right?! Unless you would play with a computer... 12$ for a fake software...

The app is OK but you could improve it by making the board bigger in landscape mode. And please, please bring an option to change the notation background color to other than white because it's hard to play chess with a flashlight in your eyes all the time. Thanks!

Nice Very good for chess lovers. The advantage of watching the international tournaments on app is a bonus. Much comfortable than watching on browser. However, please add SUBMIT button for a move to complete. On Moto E, mistakenly I move piece to wrong house because of hand movement. Then had to resign. Thanks and Regards.

Frustrating Whenever Disconnects You can get disconnected from the server and there is no alert from the app. You think your opponent is just taking time. No way to reconnect easily either. You end up losing rating points in won positions too many times. Also, server slows down at times. I'm on a 10Mbps Connection. Used to be an occasional occurrence but now it's several games per session. Very frustrating.

Crashes frequently on Samsung Galaxy 5 Decent interface, but very unstable. I have tried all the recommended fixes to no avail. (Upgrade O/S, delete reinstall app, reatart phone, clear browswer cache, delete SD card databases) nothing seems to help. Very frustrating when it crashes at a critical point on a game. When it actually works right- it is great.

That is ripoff 1.You cannot play with your friends. 2. You cannot pause a watched game. Well these are the main thing to pay for a chess software right?! Unless you would play with a computer... 12$ for a fake software...

The app is OK but you could improve it by making the board bigger in landscape mode. And please, please bring an option to change the notation background color to other than white because it's hard to play chess with a flashlight in your eyes all the time. Thanks!

Nice Very good for chess lovers. The advantage of watching the international tournaments on app is a bonus. Much comfortable than watching on browser. However, please add SUBMIT button for a move to complete. On Moto E, mistakenly I move piece to wrong house because of hand movement. Then had to resign. Thanks and Regards.

Frustrating Whenever Disconnects You can get disconnected from the server and there is no alert from the app. You think your opponent is just taking time. No way to reconnect easily either. You end up losing rating points in won positions too many times. Also, server slows down at times. I'm on a 10Mbps Connection. Used to be an occasional occurrence but now it's several games per session. Very frustrating.

Crashes frequently on Samsung Galaxy 5 Decent interface, but very unstable. I have tried all the recommended fixes to no avail. (Upgrade O/S, delete reinstall app, reatart phone, clear browswer cache, delete SD card databases) nothing seems to help. Very frustrating when it crashes at a critical point on a game. When it actually works right- it is great.

No customer service No way to report players with cheater programs. And there are alot. They operate unchecked. The most popular is when they stop playing the game and let the clock run out, then the score pops up with you as the loser? Connection remains good, chat, stats, and all other functions are online. Cheat program is the only possibility. There is no customer service or recourse.

Cheaters solution, EVERYONE PLEASE REPOST! Since you refuse to give us an option to report players, even though hundreds have asked, at least give us an option to block them. For $12 a year, we are not asking for a lot. Also, showing a players rating in portrait mode is a must. PLEASE FIX

OMG. SO AMAZINGLY, PERFECTLY, WONDERFULLY PERFECTION ;) So amazig its perfectly total perfection. Awesome job on this 5 stars for this game wow awesomeness awesomely coollllllly awesomeness. Sorry for all the awesomeness but its GREATER than chess live $$$$$$$ !!!!!!

The worst application Totally disgusting and bugged app. It disconnects you from the server without notification and then your games are lost! It crashes in the middle of the game. One of the worse apps.

Few tweaks would make it perfect! Been on this site for years and love it. However this app needs improving, I've lost over 250 rating points on slow games due to the app disconnecting me in every game. You are never sure if its you or your opponent as there is no claim win button or ability to check your connection (as on the full site) so you wait for their time to run out and I lose points after waiting for an hour. Shame

Doesn't work on android 4.4.4 with ART. Use to work with previous android version and dalvik. Doesn't work on android 4.4.4 with ART. Next version of android will default to ART. Do you have and ETA of when this will be enabled? Also please add win on disconnect and ping. There needs to be a way to find out if connection problems are ours or the opponents (09/26/2014). Close to a month later no reply or comment from developer. (10/17/2014) . Main complaint fixed. Thanks. Would still like win on disconnect and ping options added. (11/20/2014). :)

Where is the "play" button? 1. After I play a good game, I usually open it for a quick review. In order to go through 50 moves I need to press "forward" button 100 times. Why don't you have such a basic feature like the "play" button? 2. How do I filter incoming challenges to, say, only blitz ones?

Problems with client I've used the playchess client for more than a year now and have (mostly) had no problems. However in the last few months, I have a reoccuring problem with the clent - whether I'm playing on my LG-G Optimus (JB 4.2) or my TF-101 Asus tablet (ICS 4.0.3). The client freezes after about 30-40 moves; the clock stops running for both opponents; however I can hear the sounds of my oponent capturing pieces, but my interface is unresponsive. I have to kill the client with a task manager - relogin to my account - to resume play. The client will freeze after a few more moves, then I have to start again. Sometimes when I relogin I have lost the game even though my opponents time has rundown and I have plenty of time. This problem has persisted despite the last two updates. I have uninstalled the client and have reinstalled it, but still have the same problem. I'm beginning to think perhaps that people are playing with hacked clients, or that there is an issue with the playchess server connectivity. Please fix this as I have been a loyal customer for years on the Android platform as well as the Microsoft Windows platform. Thanks in advance, VoodooChess

Excellent client but needs a few fixes I use this software daily, but have recently noticed some problems with it. If the connection speed is slow, there is no way of knowing which user has the problem. The smart phone app has no 'claim win on disconnect' option but the desktop version does, so your opponent can claim and you can't. I have mysteriously lost games suddenly when my clock shows lots of time and my position is fine, then suddenly the game ends! I wonder if the app has been hacked. Great app but please fix!

I've registered by filling at "New Account" button but, when was I logged on putting either my username and password into coloumn again that error happens. It says "Your Username and Password Unknown". I gotta remove it!!!